We all know that home phones are disappearing into that wonderful void known only as obsolescence, but until all the baby-boomers and their tech-fearing ways die off, we’re stuck with companies trying to come up with different ways to make DECT phones exciting for old people. Which is probably why this Telstra Colombo cordless phone is both a) named after an old, decrepit detective with a face in a permanent state of strainage and b) they made it red (although it also comes in black).
According to Samsung, by 2010, the majority of people who want an LCD TV will have one, and after that, they expect sales to drop sharply. Their solution? Entice buyers with radically new, must have technology.
newVideoPlayer("/mkv_gizmodo.flv", 640, 500,""); Here’s a video of the first test of Lockheed Martin’s Multiple Kill Vehicle, hovering and moving in 3D space with deadly precision. But while the video is amazing on itself, how does the MKV work?
Speculation about if when iTunes would score DRM-free tracks from all major studios like Amazon and Walmart has been rampant, but according to a rumour at AppleInsider, all this speculation may come to an end tomorrow.
Well, that is, if you’re a scatologically inclined Japanese television viewer. What’s that, Xiao-san? Squeezing my Zink sticker prints off at the pool? Arigato gozaimasu. [YouTube via Crunch Gear]
Maybe it’s all the cold and flu medication I took last week to try and fight off the summer sniffles that seem to be going around, but I’m actually finding myself not being offended by Telstra’s corporate arrogance at the moment. In fact, today I’m actually enjoying it, given the fact that the nation’s biggest ISP in BigPond has refused to partake in the Rudd Government’s Live trials of mandatory ISP-level internet filtering. Also refusing to take part was Internode, although both Optus and iiNet have agreed to play along, in the case of iiNet to try and prove how unfeasible the plan to filter the net actually is.
Considering BigPond isn’t partaking, it begs the question – how can any results be considered accurate if the country’s largest ISP wasn’t a part of the trials? Isn’t it time for Conroy to give up on this whole farce?
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An unfortunate man in Malaysia learned the first rule of Karaoke by the painful way of being stabbed to death last week. (This is what he should have done to appease his attackers.)
Multitouch is great. We like it a lot. Except when it’s totally unnecessary and just make our flabby arms tired, like in this demo of a multitouch media transfer application for Windows 7.
newVideoPlayer("/f18sandiego.flv", 506, 423,""); An F-18 has crashed in San Diego, killing at least two people two miles from the famous Marine Corps Air Station Miramar*, after the pilot ejected. According to a witness, the tragedy could have been huge:
We already know that the people involved in the trampling death of Jdimytai Damour on Black Friday were deplorable, but few could have imagined how bad things really were.
